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Lechin Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml
Lechin Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml
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Lechin Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml
Lechin Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml
Lechin Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml

Lechin Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml

$32.97

HARVEST 2019/2020. Lechin is a more primitive variety of olive tree. If their is such thing as "old world" for olive oil, this would be it. It's intense and spicy. They are among the oldest trees on the farm.

  • LECHIN olive variety tasting notes: Bitter-Fruity, Buttery, Peppery
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  • EARLY HARVEST, UNREFINED, FIRST COLD PRESSED, SINGLE ESTATE, MONOVARIETAL, SPANISH extra virgin olive oil. Produced and BOTTLED with olives exclusively grown on the family estate in Laguna de Fuente, Spain

Grown, processed, and bottled by the López-Montero family on their own estate using their own equipment

 

  • Producer: López-Montero Family operating as El Labrador, SAT 8064
  • Importer: Trovato Schrage Selections Boston, MA
  • Ownership structure: Grown, processed, and bottled on single estate by one family
  • Harvest Time: Mid-Late October 2018
  • Location: López-Montero Family Estate in Fuente de Piedra, Andalucía, Spain
  • Method: Single Lot, Fully Mechanical extraction, Unrefined, "First Cold Press"
  • Transport to USA: Climate Controlled
  • Lot: Unblended, monovarietal
  • Olive Variety of lot: 100% Lechin
  • Tasting Notes: Bitter-Fruity, Buttery, Peppery
  • Lot Specific lab analysis from Ministry of Agriculture printed on can:
    • Free fatty acidity: < 0.1%
    • K 270 <.15
    • K 232 <2.5
    • Delta K <.01
    • Wax Content <50 mg/kg
    • Peroxide: <11 meq O2/kg
    • Polyphenol >650mg/kg
    • Organoleptic:
      • Fruitiness >5.1
      • Defects: 0.0
  • High Smoke point: 410 °F / 210 °C Perfect for cooking, grilling, and finishing dishes
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What we taste in each variety

Unblended, each bottle is a direct expression of the olive variety on the day it was harvested.

Balanced and Robust

Vidueña olives are actually quite common in this region of Spain, but tasting 100% Vidueña is a privilege. Most farmers sell their Vidueña olives to large processors who blend it with other varieties. Luckily, the family at La Laguna de Fuente de Piedra processes all their olives separately. 

Sweet and Buttery

Gordalilla olives are unusual to find in olive oil. They are a meaty olive. Farmers usually ripen them and sell them to make table olives, because it's easier and more profitable. Instead of doing that, the López-Montero family harvests and processes them early in the season. The oil is milder than the other two varieties, but has a very unique, floral, fruity and buttery flavor. 

Intense and Spicy

Lechin is a more primitive variety of olive tree. If there is such thing as "old world" for olive oil, this would be it. It's intense and spicy. They are among the oldest trees on the farm. 

Since olives are a fruit, fruity olive oil tastes like OLIVES!

Lopez-Montero Family Estate.

Plaza de la Constitucion 9, 29520 Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, España.

EARLY HARVEST
GREEN OLIVES

Early in the season the yields are low, but the oil is delicious. Only farmers committed to quality olive oil harvest early.

CAREFULLY PROCESSED

The oil is delicious because the producer is focused on squeezing the olives for flavor not pennies.